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Pocket park to transform Evelyn Street open space
Existing open space on the corner of Evelyn Street and Fletcher Road, Frankston will be transformed into an exciting park for the community to enjoy. The project is supported by the Victorian Government which provided $1.3 million for the park to be built on the pocket of vacant Council-owned land between the Nepean Highway, the […]
Council’s ‘Do It Outdoors’ campaign hits the right note
Frankston City Council and the Committee for Greater Frankston have joined forces to provide funding for musicians and performers to support outdoor dining venues post lockdown. Council ($40,000) and the Committee for Greater Frankston ($20,000) have provided the funding to support the hospitality sector, attract people back to the city centre and buy local, as […]
Start Frankston rail extension in next five years: Infrastructure Victoria
Construction of the Frankston rail extension needs to start within the next five years, says Infrastructure Victoria in its 30-year draft infrastructure strategy. The strategy, released for public comment last Wednesday (9 December), is a scheduled review of the blueprint for Victoria’s future. It covers a range of infrastructure categories including transport and technology, waste […]
Victoria’s Budget 2020
Frankston TAFE’s Budget bonanza Frankston campus of Chisholm Institute of TAFE was a winner in the Victorian Budget released on Tuesday 24 November. Delayed by seven months due to the pandemic, the Budget confirmed $67.6 million for stage two of campus redevelopment. This will include complete refurbishment of Building E and replacement of Building C. The new […]
Do the economics on empty car parks
Building 85 new car parks to accommodate 1470 new workers in the proposed eight-storey Bayside Shopping Centre extension on Balmoral Street will create even higher parking prices in Frankston’s CBD and add to parking problems in the future. The State Government’s justification that Vicinity Centres’ new Bayside development does not need to comply with Frankston […]
Rail extension business case ‘Orwellian’
The release of the long-awaited Frankston rail extension preliminary business case shows that woefully inadequate public transport in our region is still not being taken seriously by the state government, says the Committee for Greater Frankston. The preliminary business case (PBC) was released on Monday 9 November by Alan Tudge, the federal Minister for Population, […]
Do the maths on CBD car parking
The eight-storey, $116 million building proposed for Vicinity’s Bayside Shopping Centre in Frankston is one of six major projects granted priority approval by Victorian planning minister Richard Wynne to create jobs and bolster economic recovery. It’s a big private investment tick for Frankston’s languishing CBD but has a major flaw – insufficient car parks. Frankston […]
2020 Federal Budget.
Council gets cash to create Nepean Highway boulevard The road race is on: Frankston has 15 months to implement $4.2m in local works Frankston City Council will receive $4.2 million from the Federal Government to boost recovery from the coronavirus. The grant, from the government’s “Local Roads and Community Infrastructure Program”, was part of the […]